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What is this the definition to: long-term weather patterns in a specified area / region
CLIMATE
What is this the definition to: More broad, generalized groupings of very similar, distinct areas of established climate patterns
CLIMATE ZONES
What is this: More specific, generalized groupings of very similar, areas of established weather patterns
CLIMATES OR CLIMATE TYPES
What is this the definition to: the natural process in which gases are trapped in the atmosphere heating up the planet
THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
What is this the definition to: the process in which we are seeing global shifts in climates and ecosystems based on primarily human made impacts
CLIMATE CHANGE
What is the difference between weather and climate?
WEATHER IS SHORT TERM
CLIMATE IS LONG TERM
What is a climate zone with 4 distinct seasons, hot summers, cold winters
TEMPERATE ZONE
What is a climate that has 2 distinct seasons with warm summers, cold winters
CONTINENTAL
What are the two main gases we are talking about when referencing greenhouse gases?
CO2 and methane (or water vapoor)
What is an example of an aerosol?
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
FIRE STOVE, FIRES, CANDLES, MOST SPRAYS
What is the difference between climate and climate zone?
CLIMATE IS OVERALL ANY GENERAL LONG TERM PATTERNS, CLIMATE ZONES ARE CATEGORIZED BY SIMILAR GROUPINGS OF SIMILAR PATTERNS IN MUCH BROADER GROUPINGS
What is a climate with year round cold and icy landscapes
POLAR ZONE
What is a climate that is dry?
ARID / SEMI-ARID (cold or warm deserts)
What is deforestation?
The removal of trees / forests through humans or fires
What is an aerosol?
SMALL PARTICLES IN THE AIR IMPACTING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH
Is all of North America in the same climate zone?
NO!!!!!!!
NORTH (ALASKA/CANADA - POLAR)
MID (USA - TEMPERATE)
SOUTH (FL, TX - TROPICAL)
What is a climate with year round heat, lots of precipitation?
TROPICAL CLIMATE
What is a climate that is cold because of its elevation?
ALPINE OR HIGHLAND
What are greenhouse gases?
The gases present in our atmosphere that affect the temperature of the Earth
Why is deforestation BAD?
TREES ARE NATURAL FILTERS, REMOVING THEM, REMOVES THIS FILTER AS WELL AS HABITATS
What climate zone do we live in?
TEMPERATE
Does every country / place on Earth use their resources the same ways / quantities that we do?
NO - remember if everybody on Earth used this the same as we do - there would only be resources for 1week-1month left
What air pressure brings us STORMS
LOW
are severe storms a part of CLIMATE?
No - a storm by definition is a short-term disturbance of the atmosphere
Which of the factors of climate change (the 3 you wrote about) is the reason that we are losing our coast lines?
GREENHOUSE GASES --> MELTING ICE --> SEA LEVEL RISE